Vatika Guest Home: 67, François Martin street, 650012, Pondicherry, U.T. of Pondicherry, India. Tel: 091 413 2 333 980.  E-mail: maisonvatika@yahoo.com

Pondicherry is located among the great touristic places in south India. To the north, it’s  Mahäbalipuram, or the «seven pagodas », the head of the Pallava kingdom with its famous rock temples.  To the East, it’s Gingee, Vijayanagar’s stronghold, and later Bijâpur’s bastion in south India . A hundred kilometres far to the south, in the Cavery delta, it’s the area of the great Cholas temples, Chidambaram, Tanjore, Ganga-kondaïcholapuram. Following the sea shore, there are unlimited beaches, fishermen's villages, and traces of the European's coming to India. Cuddalore and the Parrish industrial settlement, Porto Novo, Tranquebar with its Danish fort, the Danesborg. If we move a little farther from it, we’ll find Cape Comorin, the southern point of India, Madurai and its Meenakshi Temple, the main trade center for precious stones. To the East, there are also mountains and hills stations. The nearest is Yercaud, located only five hours by car from Pondicherry. On the other side of the hills, lies Kerala, but there begins another trip.

For rent:

 

Taxis  to the airport

Taxis for daytrip

Scooter,

Bikes available

From the left to the right:

 

-Gingee : Rajagiri

-Poompookar

-Tranquebar

-Oussoudou

-Chindambaram

-Gingee

-Oussoudou

 

Picture

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We organize guided day tours :

 

-Pondicherry, French settlement.

- Coromandel coast and the Europeans

- The holy hills of South India

- Great temples of the Cavery’s delta

dinning room

Contemporary Indian house

Atelier

and boutique

Walking down the lanes

Conditions

and tarifs

From Pondicherry to South India

Bedrooms

a cultural journey